The Baltic Dry Index (BDI) has plunged to a four-year low at 453 points on 4 February with the capesize index plunging into negative territory, as the dry bulk shipping market grapples with demand uncertainty brought forth by the coronavirus...

Dry bulk shipowner Castor Maritime Inc. announced that it has secured financing deals to expand its fleet.

S&P Global Platts has started publishing time charter equivalent (TCE) assessments basis 0.5% sulphur bunker fuel for scrubber and non-scrubber dry bulk carriers from 1 November 2019.

The dry bulk shipping market is “slowly and steadily” recovering from years of sluggish earnings for operators as the demand-supply equation is getting to a better balance.

Oslo-listed Belships has entered into a seven-year bareboat charter for a 61,000-dwt ultramax newbuilding being built at a Japanese shipyard.

Shipbroker Simpson Spence Young (SSY) is opening an office focused on dry bulk in Dubai next month.

S&P Global Platts has launched a new Dry Bulk Capesize Earnings Index named CapeT4 Index to reflect tonne-mile demand on four key time-charter equivalent (TCE) assessments starting 1 October 2019.

In good news for owners for smaller, geared dry bulk vessels, as Chinese iron ore imports reach peak levels it will be minor bulks demand that will drive dry cargo in the coming years, according Maritime Strategies International (MSI).

The dry bulk shipping market is sensing good times ahead as a cloud of uncertainty over what is the most preferred ship profile for long term operation has put a brake on newbuild orders while scrubber retrofitting works are tightening supply...

Pacific Basin has set aside $73.84m for a proposed acquisition of four secondhand vessels including two handysizes and two supramaxes.